Brooks Orpik Biography
Brooks Orpik (born Richard Brooks Orpik) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2009, and won his second Stanley Cup with Washington nearly a decade later in 2018.
As the oldest player on the team, his Russian teammates fondly refer to him as “Batya” (“father” or “dad”) and is one of the most respected players on the team.
Brooks Orpik Age
Richard Brooks Orpik was born in San Francisco, California, U.S. on September 26, 1980. He is 38 years as of 2018.
Brooks Orpik Family
Orpik was born in San Francisco, California, a few months after the U.S. “Miracle on Ice” win over the Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York, in 1980. Due to this, he was named after Team USA Olympic Head Coach Herb Brooks. He and his brother Andrew grew up in Amherst, New York.
Brooks attended the Nichols School in Buffalo and Thayer Academy in Braintree, Massachusetts.
Brooks Orpik Wife
Brooks is a married man. He is married to Erin Orpik and together they have two daughters.
Brooks Orpik Career
International play
In 1999, Orpik competed for the United States in the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Stockholm.
In 2009, he was invited to the USA Hockey orientation camp, from August 17 to 19, in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Orpik was selected to Team USA for the Olympic squad, which finished with a silver medal finish behind Canada.
College career
Orpik played three seasons for Boston College, winning the Hockey East post-season championship in 1999 and 2001, as well as the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship in 2001. His younger brother Andrew was also a hockey player, playing for Boston College and having a brief minor league career.
Years with the Penguins
Orpik was drafted in the first round, eighteenth overall, of the 2000 NHL Entry Draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins. He started his professional career with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the American Hockey League (AHL) during the 2001–02 season. He made his NHL debut during the 2002–03 season, playing in six amusements and recording no points. After earning a permanent roster spot on the team the following year, Orpik played in 79 games, enlisting one goal, nine assists and 127 penalty minutes.
Orpik signed a six-year, $22.5 million contract extension in the summer of 2008 with the Penguins. In October 2008, he was named an alternate captain (interim while Sergei Gonchar was injured) of the Penguins, along with Evgeni Malkin, behind captain Sidney Crosby.
On March 4, 2006, Orpik boarded Carolina Hurricanes forward Erik Cole, fracturing a vertebra in Cole’s neck Orpik was suspended for three games for the illegal hit. Cole did not return until Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
On June 12, 2009, Brooks Orpik and the Penguins moved toward becoming Stanley Cup champions by overcoming the Detroit Red Wings in Game 7 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals. He was the principal local of California to win the Stanley Cup.
On December 17, 2011, Orpik recorded his 100th career point by winning an assist on Evgeni Malkin’s goal on Ryan Miller at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh.
On May 11, 2013, Orpik scored the game-winning objective in additional time of Game 6 to take out the New York Islanders and advance Pittsburgh to the second round of the 2013 Stanley Cup playoffs; it was his first career Stanley Cup playoff objective.
On December 7, 2013, Orpik hit Boston Bruins forward Loui Eriksson, resulting in a concussion to the latter. While he lay on the ice due to a confrontation with a Bruins player, Shawn Thornton delivered a punch, resulting in a concussion for Orpik. Thornton was suspended for 15 games for the incident.
Brooks Orpik Washington Capitals
On July 1, 2014, the Washington Capitals signed Orpik to a five-year, $27.5 million contract as an unrestricted free agent.
In Game 2 of Washington’s 2016 Playoff arrangement against the Pittsburgh Penguins, Orpik conveyed an unlawful and late hit to Pittsburgh defenseman Olli Määttä, reaching Määttä’s head. Orpik was suspended three games for the late hit and Määttä returned a couple of games later to complete, and help win the arrangement.
During his fourth year with the Capitals, in the 2017–18 season, Orpik was Washington’s selection for the King Clancy Memorial Trophy as a player who best epitomizes leadership characteristics and offers back to his locale on April 23, 2018.
In the 2018 playoffs, on May 30, 2018, Brooks Orpik scored the game-winning objective in Game 2 of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights. It was likewise the first run through Orpik had scored an objective since February 20, 2016. On June 7, 2018, Orpik and the Capitals proceeded to win the Stanley Cup against the Golden Knights in five amusements. This was the principal Stanley Cup for the Capitals and the second finals triumph for Orpik.
Orpik scored the extra time game-winning goal in Game 2 of Washington’s opening round Playoff arrangement against the Carolina Hurricanes, giving the Capitals a 2-0 arrangement lead. In spite of this, the Capitals endeavor at a Cup repeat would miss the mark as the Hurricanes went onto taking out the Capitals in seven recreations.
Brooks Orpik Net Worth
He is an American ice hockey player who has an estimated net worth of $5.4 million. He receives a salary of $4.5 million.